[TheForge] Speaking of benders...

[Dave Brown]

Well, I may have to look him up when I go home to RI this summer.  In the 
meantime, where's his book?  <grin>

Dave

At 19:31 03/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
>         Dave,  New England has one of the masters of the Hossfeld, or other
>smaller benders.  This fellow comes up with some great ideas.  One of the
>things he stresses most is working outside (or on top) of the frame for
>hooks and quick bends.  He made some  extra long S7 pins and cut some on the
>lathe, and others made bushings for to use on different diameters of bends.
>The pins are then heated and air quenched to harden them - and they hold up
>quite well from what he said.   He just ordered extra stock when he was
>making chisels in the size of the pins for the bender, and it's worked out
>well for him.
>
>Ralph